Nicole and Kim have heard the news that Google's new mobile OS, "Jelly Bean," has a voice assistant that's poised to defeat their precious Siri. It's time for another test!
Since we weren't provided with siri's answer on 'pigmy marmoset' and I didn't have a clue as to what it was, I took the liberty of Googling it which took all of 4.2 seconds from the start of entry typing to retrieving results that made me go "how cute". Nicole was fab in this one. stunning.
Well, not so unique to me as there are many people who find the same apps very useful, especially when you are focused on something, and yet you need to stop at some time to attend a meeting or do something else.
I don't understand why you say voice search is lazy or makes the person lazy.
Exactly. The fact that we have all these possibilities doesn't mean that we have to use them all the time. We can decided when and how they serve us better.
Yes, in an ideal situation when the other party can wait until you get off the bus, and get into a private area. However, there are times when the other party can't wait. He needs you to tell him what to do right away.
In those particular situations the best is try to ignore you are in a public place. Most likely no one knows who you are talking with, who you are, and what the conversation is all about. They can overhear only a bit of it, and that is not enough.
Another thing you can do is try to encrypt the conversation somehow, using words and ideas commonly known by you and the other party, but not by a stranger.
And after all, who really is so interested in someone else's phone conversations? :D
Some times the phone rings, you check and see you do have to take the call. You are traveling by bus or any other means of public transport. There is no private area to go. What do you do?
@Susan, I will pick the call and if the the call is confidential I will tell the other party that I will get back to him. So just receiving the phone shouldnt cause any safety concerns.
Some times the phone rings, you check and see you do have to take the call. You are traveling by bus or any other means of public transport. There is no private area to go. What do you do?
My point was that to the people who doesn't have problems talking on the phone in public spaces then voice search wouldn't present any problem as it's just the same.
@Susan, I totally got your point and totally agree with you its just the same. All I am saying is people will move to some private area if they want to talk on phone, but I doubt if they will move to some private are if they want to do simple voice search.
If you read below, and read the comment I was replying to, you can understand my question.
I don't think there is a difference either. When you get a call you are not always in a conference room or in a place where you can have a private space. Many times you have to take a call in a public place like a means of transport, a café, an elevator, a waiting room, or a shop. There are people around, you don't have privacy. I personally hate talking on the phone in any public place, the same applies when I think of voice search.
My point was that to the people who doesn't have problems talking on the phone in public spaces then voice search wouldn't present any problem as it's just the same.
In my case, I would avoid any private voice search as much as avoid any private conversation on the phone when I am surrounded by people, simply because I do control my privacy.
If the search or phone conversation is not private for me, I wouldn't care doing a voice search in a public space. It's just a matter of applying your personal criteria.
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